Fw: Adler Event

[Judith Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Many of you will want to know about this. It turns out that Israel Adler is
coming to Boston and will do a presentation on the Oratorio Ester at Boston
University. Those that can possibly make it to this event should try to
attend and hear Dr.Adler speak. It's free and open to the public.
Judy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rena Katz" <renakatz (at) bu(dot)edu>
To: <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Adler Event


> ISRAEL ADLER BRINGS THE STORY AND SOUNDS OF
> 18TH CENTURY HEBREW ART MUSIC TO BOSTON UNIVERSITY
>
> Oratorio Ester
> Lecture and screening by Israel Adler
>
> November 20 at 7pm
> GSU Auditorium
> Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue
>
> Admission free and open to the public, but reservations are required
> To RSVP please call 617/353-2238
> Reserved tickets may be claimed at the door, beginning at 6:00 pm
>
> BOSTON-On November 20, Israel Adler, an internationally renowned scholar
of
> Jewish music, will present a lecture and film on the recently discovered
> oratorio Ester (1774).  The oratorio-lost for 220 years-is one of the most
> extensive and richly scored works of Hebrew art music from the 17th and
18th
> centuries.  Sponsored by the Boston University College of Fine Arts, the
> lecture and screening will be held at the University's George Sherman
Union
> Conference Auditorium, beginning at 7p.m.  Boston University Professor
Elie
> Wiesel will introduce Professor Adler.
>
> Adler's lecture recounts the inspiring discovery of Ester. The film
> documents the premiere performance of the oratorio on May 31, 2000 in
> Jerusalem and features the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra, the Tel Aviv
> Collegium Choir, and members of the Moran Girls Choir, conducted by Avner
> Itai.
>
> Ester or Teschuat Yisreal al yedey Ester (The Salvation of Israel by
> Esther), written by Christiano Giuseppe Lidarti (b 1730; d? 1793), an
> Austrian composer of Italian descent, is structured in three acts, each
> containing three to four scenes.  It is scored for the soloist portraying
> the roles of Ester (soprano), Donna Israelita (soprano), Ahasverus
(tenor),
> Mordecai (tenor), and Haman (baritone), a three-part choir, and an
orchestra
> consisting of strings, flutes, horns, oboes, and basso-continuo.
>
> Lidarti, a Christian, was one of the two main composers during the 18th
> century who left their imprint on the musical repertory of the Portuguese
> Jewish community in Amsterdam.  Ester is the most impressive work among
his
> Hebrew compositions.
>
> The libretto for Ester was written by Rabbi Jacob Raphael Saraval of
Mantua
> and Venice (b? 1707; d 1782).  The text is a well-crafted, loose Hebrew
> adaptation of the English libretto for Handel's oratorio Esther (1732).
>
> The manuscript's whereabouts were unknown until 1997, when it was
discovered
> and acquired for the University of Cambridge Library by its head of music,
> Richard Andrewes. The work was brought to Adler's attention in 1998.
>
>           Israel Adler is the founder of the Jewish Music Research Centre
at
> the Hebrew University of  Jerusalem, where he is also professor emeritus
in
> musicology. In 1984, he received the "Kavod" Award from the United States
> Cantors Assembly.  From 1991 to 1997, he was a member of UNESCO's
> International Music Council Executive Committee, and in 1997 was elected
to
> the Board of Directors of the International Musicological Society. Adler
> visited Boston University in 1997 when he gave a talk entitled, "Survivors
> of the Babi-Yar of Jewish Musical Memory," in which he discussed the
> uncovering of a collection of Jewish folklore-including recordings of 1000
> popular songs-in the former Soviet Union.
>
>         Boston University's George Sherman Union is located at 775
> Commonwealth Avenue. For updated information log on to www.bu.edu/cfa or
> call the Boston University College of Fine Arts Events line, (617)
353-3349.
>
> # # #
> Oratorio Ester
> Lecture and screening by Israel Adler
> November 20 at 7pm
> George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium
> Boston University, 775 Commonwealth Avenue
> Admission free and open to the public, but reservations are required
> To RSVP please call 617/353-2238
> Reserved tickets may be claimed at the door, beginning at 6:00 pm
>
>
> ______________________
> Rena M. Katz
> Assistant to the Dean
> Boston University
> College of Fine Arts
> 855 Commonwealth Avenue
> Boston, Massachusetts 02215
> phone: 617.353.3335
> fax: 617.353.5525
> www.bu.edu/cfa
>
>

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